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You seem to have missed the concept of "Justified" in there Isaac Send a noteboard - 07/06/2014 11:36:25 PM

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View original postYou have to justify the cost of everything. Just as no rational person would pay $1000 for a pack of Twizzlers, no rational President would pay 5 taliban generals for one deserter. No one would be arguing if we paid $10,000 cash.




View original postif paying $1000 for a pack of twizzlers meant a generation or more of peaceful co-existence, and a lifetime of American opportunity and prosperity then it would be a very cheap pack of twizzlers, indeed.

I've never seen on the side of pack of twizzlers a promise of world peace, albeit I've not sought to buy any recently. Were there one I'd still expect a plausible explanation for how it was to be achieved. As best as I can tell the president basically decided to buy a rolex from some random criminal on the streets using company funds without consulting his partners and at 5x the regular price then came home to find out it wasn't just not a rolex but might actually have a particularly nasty type of mold growing in the wristband ready to spread to his other possessions.

And you're not only defending this, you're praising it as a brilliant move and insulting those who disagree... there is a line between favorable devotion and outright lunatic fanatical following. You've crossed it. It may well be that when all the facts are presented and the dust clears that this wasn't a bad deal, or maybe even a brilliant one in some thus far unseen way like we have trackers on the guys we traded, but from the known information it looks pretty damned stupid, and you as well for not just defending it but declaring it some sort of master stroke.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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Yeah, I don't really picture you at all. - 05/06/2014 05:20:48 PM 606 Views
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Sounds like you do picture him. *NM* - 07/06/2014 08:38:42 PM 314 Views
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stupid answer: yes, impeach Obama at your earliest convenience *NM* - 03/06/2014 08:48:28 PM 451 Views
Funny that the military top brass agrees with it, then. - 03/06/2014 08:51:48 PM 668 Views
Sec. Gates was against it when he was Sec. of Defense, Panetta said hell no. *NM* - 04/06/2014 04:07:49 AM 336 Views
Yup, most top military leadership was against this reckless move. *NM* - 04/06/2014 04:26:16 AM 347 Views
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These people will say what Obama orders them to say. *NM* - 05/06/2014 06:17:14 AM 319 Views
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Oh wait, that's because it doesn't exist... *NM* - 05/06/2014 06:18:11 AM 349 Views
you do know I was being sarcastic? - 05/06/2014 06:11:39 PM 745 Views
Oh yes. I was just adding to the general tone. - 06/06/2014 03:01:11 PM 620 Views
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was this a reply to the correct comment? *NM* - 06/06/2014 05:45:16 PM 360 Views
no *NM* - 03/06/2014 11:19:09 PM 344 Views
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Absolutely not. - 05/06/2014 06:21:59 AM 589 Views
Re: Absolutely not. - 05/06/2014 08:43:55 PM 607 Views
You seem to have missed the concept of "Justified" in there - 07/06/2014 11:36:25 PM 729 Views
no, i'm pretty sure i got it right - 09/06/2014 09:37:49 PM 611 Views
Re: no, i'm pretty sure i got it right - 10/06/2014 03:43:49 AM 629 Views
a few facts you are neglecting - 11/06/2014 07:08:16 PM 557 Views
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Thank you *NM* - 11/06/2014 11:01:58 PM 419 Views
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I'm kinda undecided on this - 06/06/2014 03:32:16 AM 671 Views

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